In the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place for them to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed of dressing as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those whose visits to the house would change their lives, the film provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance, and, often, the courage to live their lives out of the shadows.
written and directed by Šbastien Lifshitz.
Widescreen.
Title from container.
Originally released as a single episode of a television program in 2023.
DVD; widescreen ; stereo; region 1, NTSC.
English with English SDH subtitles and descriptive audio.
Casa Susanna
Lifshitz, Sébastien
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